Met Turn On The Bright Lights brak Interpol in 2002 op grote schaal door. De band had de vijf jaar daar voorafgaand enorm lopen leuren met hun materiaal. “Needless to say this was a memorable moment for us. We never had any expectations for how the album would be received. We just wanted to present our music as an album to anyone who would be open to hearing it. It was incredible to finally tour and see people react to these songs. We never could have imagined that the album would have reached so many people throughout the world”, zo stelt gitarist en componist Daniel Kessler in het vandaag naar buiten gebrachte persbericht over de re-release. “We spent a good deal of time this past year digging through our archives and asking others to dig through theirs in the hopes of uncovering some forgotten material. The result of our hunting and gathering has yielded this Tenth Anniversary Edition of Turn On the Bright Lights.”